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simon was the featured speaker. he began with joking remark speculating conservative political consultant mary matalin who was onboard the ship simply on vacation vacation might've mischievously arrange to have her husband liberal james cargo along to save his ideological soul and then simon made a startling admission and here's what he said. you know last year candidate barack obama sat on the sidewalk in toledo ohio and told joe the plumber that he quote wanted to spread the wealth around. this summit to admit i went on tv on "fox news" and public engagement but i guess was rather mischievous speculation about whether barack obama obama really advocated socialism, a premise that i privately found far-fetched. at the time simon made these mischievous speculations, it was his job, was his job to oversee reporting of abuse on where the country's naval -- cable networks. is here on a luxury cruise an ocean away from the united states he was candidly nonchalantly admitting to conspicuously misrepresenting the ideology
simon was the featured speaker. he began with joking remark speculating conservative political consultant mary matalin who was onboard the ship simply on vacation vacation might've mischievously arrange to have her husband liberal james cargo along to save his ideological soul and then simon made a startling admission and here's what he said. you know last year candidate barack obama sat on the sidewalk in toledo ohio and told joe the plumber that he quote wanted to spread the wealth around....
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that have been a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. it was on the evening news. sometimes political careers are a did with the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon have been to trip with the camera rolling is another example of the right place at the right time throughout his career. he ran for the senate when nobody thought he had a chance that he could run in the three person race because it splits the electorate. marco rubio became the conservative choice. everyone thought he was invincible. but he started to make inroads with the democrats african-american and from northern it -- northern florida was in the race. because he could present himself as the most conservative voice as he was called the most liberal republican governor in the united states. when he ran as an independent all moderates were split to. rubio, through espousing their growth captured the race. in the end he won by a lot. >> i did not know the demand named mr. garcia, marco rubio said grandfather. i had never heard his name before. along of a discrepancy of coming after castro
that have been a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. it was on the evening news. sometimes political careers are a did with the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon have been to trip with the camera rolling is another example of the right place at the right time throughout his career. he ran for the senate when nobody thought he had a chance that he could run in the three person race because it splits the electorate. marco rubio became the conservative choice....
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simon? >> i think, paula, first and foremost, it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs, most sustained loss of jobs since the 1930s. it's an incredible shock on the back of the financial crisis, and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. and if you're proposing a policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you're trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that really going to give us jobs back, or is that going to store up problems for just around the corner so the too big to fail banks, for example, may blow up again and damage the economy again. those are going to be the big issues. >> all right. so then wearing your republican strategist hat, the economy is recovering, but not, you know, it's not knocking anybody's socks off. is so is this a plus for the republicans, or is this a plus for the democrats? how do you think it's going to play out? >> first of all, i hope the economy's recovering. regardless of how it
simon? >> i think, paula, first and foremost, it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs, most sustained loss of jobs since the 1930s. it's an incredible shock on the back of the financial crisis, and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. and if you're proposing a policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you're trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that really going to give us jobs back, or is that going to...
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this is almost certain not simon did just that all. they don't want to know it. by saying they are wrong, no, it's a place of reverence for them. but if you want to know the historical story, it's your comments on. there are many sites like that of our religion. when people arrive in jerusalem just about all of them thought that all the big buildings they saw were built by king david or king solomon. and, in fact, all the big buildings you see are built by herod the great, the old one. in the way people say it's very old. 300 years the middle ages there were no walls into some. the walls were on type of woman to build by philip the magnificent. of course the walls around the temple mount itself are eroding an old and a very ancient. a great variety, a great friday. jerusalem itself is talk to always as the holy city, and so on and so forth. there have been times when although the great religions have almost forgotten jerusalem. they choose i would say least pick i would say ever since 70 a.d. when it was destroyed, the jews have always revered jerusalem, once to
this is almost certain not simon did just that all. they don't want to know it. by saying they are wrong, no, it's a place of reverence for them. but if you want to know the historical story, it's your comments on. there are many sites like that of our religion. when people arrive in jerusalem just about all of them thought that all the big buildings they saw were built by king david or king solomon. and, in fact, all the big buildings you see are built by herod the great, the old one. in the...
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that happened a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. i can remember watching it on television that night. it was on the evening news. i think that sometimes political careers are fated by the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon of the conservative movement happens to trip with the cameras rolling, it is just another example of how marco rubio is at the right place at the right time throughout his political career. he ran for the united states senate when nobody thought that he had any chance. but he really had the good fortune of running in the race. in politics, it is good to run in a three-person race because it splits the electorate. he became the conservative choice in florida. charlie crist had been the governor. very powerful. everyone thought that he was invincible. and he was running as a republican. but marco rubio was starting to make inroads and charlie crist dropout. there is a democrat african-american from northern florida. he was in the race, too. all three of them being there, they benefited marco rubio mar
that happened a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. i can remember watching it on television that night. it was on the evening news. i think that sometimes political careers are fated by the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon of the conservative movement happens to trip with the cameras rolling, it is just another example of how marco rubio is at the right place at the right time throughout his political career. he ran for the united states senate when nobody...
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and i think that's a good thing. >> host: what are some of the upcoming books that simon simon& schuster has coming out in the fall? >> guest: ah, i love that question. [laughter] well, one of them is by called "paterno." joe pognaski is the most recent elected member of the sports writers' hall of fame, and he was with joe paterno writing the book before the scandal. he had access to the family. and he is a wonderful writer -- >> host: did this scandal take him by surprise as wellsome. >> guest: absolutely, yeah. and it's about paterno's life, about this man who was the winningest college football coach in history. and a man who valued excellence much more than success, about what happens when all of this erupted. and i would put it right up there with "when pride still mattered" by maraniss or richard kramer's book on joe dimaggio. it's a book about much more than sports. that's one. the only other one i will tell you about because i don't want to turn this into a commercial is a novel by herman woek. he just turned 97 years old, and when i was in great school, i actually wrote my mast
and i think that's a good thing. >> host: what are some of the upcoming books that simon simon& schuster has coming out in the fall? >> guest: ah, i love that question. [laughter] well, one of them is by called "paterno." joe pognaski is the most recent elected member of the sports writers' hall of fame, and he was with joe paterno writing the book before the scandal. he had access to the family. and he is a wonderful writer -- >> host: did this scandal take him...
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[laughter] and i think he sides more with simon. [laughter] actually, i do too in a number of ways that probably will surprise him and dennis and others. and the first thing on which i agree with you, simon, is that i also do not know what the next systemic crisis will be, and i am as frightened as you of it. so when i think about what the next systemic crisis might be, i think the best place to start is to think about what's caused the last ones. and i'm not going to fight over whether we've had panics in 1907 or 1933. we heard that from the first panel. i'll just go back over the last 20 years for the systemic crises, um, we've had most recently. the first one in 1994, scheherazade, you mentioned mexico. and that was a solvency crisis because we feared that a country would go bust, ie its credit was no good, and that would ripple with dangerous effect through the banking system. that got handled aside from now how, and we puttered on until 1998 when russia and indonesia posed solvency risk in the financial system, and we managed t
[laughter] and i think he sides more with simon. [laughter] actually, i do too in a number of ways that probably will surprise him and dennis and others. and the first thing on which i agree with you, simon, is that i also do not know what the next systemic crisis will be, and i am as frightened as you of it. so when i think about what the next systemic crisis might be, i think the best place to start is to think about what's caused the last ones. and i'm not going to fight over whether we've...
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i have attended the number of these simon lectures myself. it's a honor to be here presenting some thoughts on october term 2007 a constitutional moment. as roger alluded to. i have the distinct pleasure of argue the challenge to the affordable care act on behalf of 26 states. the very fact that 26 states combined together in a challenge against the federal statute is rather remarkable development in the case itself was remarkable in almost every respect. i want to come off i want to talk about the case and the the court's decision in the case. certainly i'm under no delusion there is anything left to be said about the health care case it has been as analyzed as any case in recent memory and that's consistent with the entire case. this case, i mean, i have been in incredibly privileged to be involved in 60 supreme court cases i argued. others that i briefed, and this really no case that i can remember that captured the public attention quite the way that the health care case and the health care challenge if. i also think it's fair to say that
i have attended the number of these simon lectures myself. it's a honor to be here presenting some thoughts on october term 2007 a constitutional moment. as roger alluded to. i have the distinct pleasure of argue the challenge to the affordable care act on behalf of 26 states. the very fact that 26 states combined together in a challenge against the federal statute is rather remarkable development in the case itself was remarkable in almost every respect. i want to come off i want to talk about...
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and all through there, you know, mechanisms, and talking random house, simon and schuster, mainstream publishers, mostly in new york. everything really changed. various interest or very large. publishers were always speaking about that dreaded word, platform. what is our platform as an author? meaning, what is your ability to get on nbc, and as nbc, the cable channels. what are your opportunities to your own network to promote your work. now, the other, you know, simultaneous trend as we all know, was the device of -- demise of review media. how many republications, tabloid's standalone review sections. now there is one. so there are all these changes. really, this is what i call the second great revolution. and coming in the middle of the second great revolution was this thing called the e book revolution. so i think we're actually at the beginning of something new and different, which we are all grappling with the reader of trying to get our hands around, and we are all -- very few people have a handle on what is coming next. but at this moment, at this moment it is a very, very goo
and all through there, you know, mechanisms, and talking random house, simon and schuster, mainstream publishers, mostly in new york. everything really changed. various interest or very large. publishers were always speaking about that dreaded word, platform. what is our platform as an author? meaning, what is your ability to get on nbc, and as nbc, the cable channels. what are your opportunities to your own network to promote your work. now, the other, you know, simultaneous trend as we all...
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dear simon, what shall i do about this
dear simon, what shall i do about this
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a memoir simon and shuster title. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >>> tell us what you think about the programming this weekend. you can tweet us at booktv. comment on the facebook wall, or send us an e-mail. booktv, non-fiction bocks every day weekend on c-span2. >>> joseph recounts the life of union philip -- robert e lee. the author recalls the military tactic and the postwar career which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> i want to thank coral ridge boobs for inviting me back and all the people to come out and hear about general fill sheraton of the try -- civilling war he was probably the least known of them. the other being grant and william sherman. in 1937, the three generals appeared together on a commemorative postage stamp, as part of a series honoring great u.s. military commanders. in the center grant to the right is sherman, and sheraton on grant's left. this is a appropriate because by the time civil war ended, sheraton was sometimes referred to as the left-hand o
a memoir simon and shuster title. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >>> tell us what you think about the programming this weekend. you can tweet us at booktv. comment on the facebook wall, or send us an e-mail. booktv, non-fiction bocks every day weekend on c-span2. >>> joseph recounts the life of union philip -- robert e lee. the author recalls the military tactic and the postwar career which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> i...
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his partners were the jewish clothing manufacturers harmon, henry and simon -- march monohenry and simon mac. well, no sooner were those words out of my mouth, than a few chairs began to shift uneasily in the room, and my mentor or, the pioneering american jewish historian jacob marcus buried his face in his hands. i knew i was in big trouble really. i'd said something terribly wrong. but i studied the archives, i didn't know what the problem was. so fearing for the security of my position, i hobbled to the end of the lecture and invited questions. an old man in the front row sitting just about where you are rose to his feet. my name is mac, he memorably began, and looking me straight in the eye he announced that was my great grandfather you were talking about! and, he continued after a long and rather dramatic pause, it's all true! [laughter] at that point the room relaxed, and dr. marcus looked up, and everybody smiled, and my academic career was saved. [laughter] ah, it took me about 30 years to get over that experience, but when general grant expelled the jews, i have returned to tho
his partners were the jewish clothing manufacturers harmon, henry and simon -- march monohenry and simon mac. well, no sooner were those words out of my mouth, than a few chairs began to shift uneasily in the room, and my mentor or, the pioneering american jewish historian jacob marcus buried his face in his hands. i knew i was in big trouble really. i'd said something terribly wrong. but i studied the archives, i didn't know what the problem was. so fearing for the security of my position, i...
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he has a dedicated imprint by simon and schuster. his philosophy has been moving toward trying to reach the same dedicated loyal following over and over again and build on that a little bit at a time rather than necessarily go for more outrage than fox had because he can do what glenn does best. what is interesting to see, he has shifted what he has done over the last few years and no doubt he will continue to adapt his persona over the next year or so. >> he has a new novel out cackling the un. his previous tackling the un. his previous novel, the over tin conspiracy by glen beck and two people. sometimes you see books by two people but usually not three people. committee writing. who wrote the book? i wrote the book. these guys -- i sort of supervised. it was a team effort. to call him and authors, he might dispute this but it is sort of part of his brand marketing. he has a newsletter, a cable show, his own little media empire. whether fox chased him out or not i am not clear but he is very cobb--popular in his books sell. he writ
he has a dedicated imprint by simon and schuster. his philosophy has been moving toward trying to reach the same dedicated loyal following over and over again and build on that a little bit at a time rather than necessarily go for more outrage than fox had because he can do what glenn does best. what is interesting to see, he has shifted what he has done over the last few years and no doubt he will continue to adapt his persona over the next year or so. >> he has a new novel out cackling...
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[applause] >> simon? welcome back, by the way. >> thank you. i'm simon johnson. thank you for inviting me and organizing another great conference. what can cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. [laughter] and you don't know, and nobody knows. i worked on financial crisis for twenty five years, i was 2007 through over 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund, just down the street. i attended a lot of very interesting meetings during that time period with top officials and private sector people. poem who know as much as can be known about the world's economy and the world's financial system, they collectively and individually had no idea what was happening and what was going to happen in september 2008. the second thing i would say is look around the world. the european situation you heard of a nice summary just now, i'm much less saying about the political risk and the economic risk. i think ultimately italy will have to restructure the sovereign debt as 2 trillion euro in the outstanding debt.
[applause] >> simon? welcome back, by the way. >> thank you. i'm simon johnson. thank you for inviting me and organizing another great conference. what can cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. [laughter] and you don't know, and nobody knows. i worked on financial crisis for twenty five years, i was 2007 through over 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund, just down the street. i attended a lot of very...
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agency some of the authors he represents down here in the dc area include dan pink, rick akndson and simon johnson. with all that said. i'm going to start off with a few remarks. tell you about the over view of where things are. we'll hear from each of the panelists. we're start off with the question that every publishers ask at every convention. how many people read their books on a kindle? how many people read their books on an ipad? how many people read pint books? okay. that's encouragerring. that's where we are in the publishing industry today. i've been around, you've seen a lot of changes nothing like the change that is going on now. at the end of 011, -- 2011 approximately 20% of sales from major trade houses were digital. that's from almost nothing two years ago. most of the houses think that digital account for 30% of the sales. that's the billion dollar question. -- i think it's unquestionably great time to be a reader. there's more books than ever before being published. there's easier ways to get them, for the most part, they're cheaper. that's one for the consumers. i also th
agency some of the authors he represents down here in the dc area include dan pink, rick akndson and simon johnson. with all that said. i'm going to start off with a few remarks. tell you about the over view of where things are. we'll hear from each of the panelists. we're start off with the question that every publishers ask at every convention. how many people read their books on a kindle? how many people read their books on an ipad? how many people read pint books? okay. that's...
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remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and he said why are you going to waste your time? [laughter] i said, well, that's what you try to do. and he said, no, no, no, you are one of our authors. i need to know right now, tonight, what your next book is going to be. i said this is, that's preposterous. he said, i need to know. now, he's one of these people who grinds on you, and you're at dipper alone no matter what would come up, he would bring the subject back to, oh, maybe you should do a book on that, what about this? he would just grind away. you may know people like this. [laughter] you may work for somebody like that. [laughter] even bet
remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and...
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that is a fair deduction of the content of the book although i have to give simon & schuster credit for doing the subtitle price think any dad got the main titled "fdr goes to war." >> my name is steve tisch george per car was thrown by the title of the book that the tax rates had reached prewar levels but the other instances, the rationing direction of production to win the war, the consequences of the expanding debt i am not sure any other president would not have ended up with the same focus after the two potion war. >> part of the premise is one of the reasons we wound up of the haitian the tuition more because rissole week during the 1930's and we have been for may shin in "fdr goes to war" fdr cut military spending during the 1930's and terms of the percentage of military spending in the federal budget. this was on top of the factoring there who were presidency military budgets were very low. the american military was incredibly weak and behind the rest of the world. we were 17 in terms of military strength and innovation. but as we shows through 40 in 41 through pearl harbor harb
that is a fair deduction of the content of the book although i have to give simon & schuster credit for doing the subtitle price think any dad got the main titled "fdr goes to war." >> my name is steve tisch george per car was thrown by the title of the book that the tax rates had reached prewar levels but the other instances, the rationing direction of production to win the war, the consequences of the expanding debt i am not sure any other president would not have ended up...
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langguth, also known as jack, published by simon and schuster. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> before we get into the book i thought i would say a few words about media matters for those of you that are not familiar with it and we would like you to be familiar with it. the organization in 2004 to monitor and analyze and correct conservative misinformation in the media we are basically trying to solve two problems. one was the rise of explicitly right-wing media over the past 20 to 25 years. we all know what that is. places like the washington times, most of talk radio and force the fox news channel. and those media institutions were operating with total impunity and zero accountability. before media matters came along to shine the light on what was going on in those institutions. so that was half of the problem. the other half of the problem was the mainstream media and it was and continues to be under conservative attack from the organized right. the effect of that is that to avoid the liberal media bias the press all too oft
langguth, also known as jack, published by simon and schuster. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> before we get into the book i thought i would say a few words about media matters for those of you that are not familiar with it and we would like you to be familiar with it. the organization in 2004 to monitor and analyze and correct conservative misinformation in the media we are basically trying to solve two problems. one was the rise of explicitly right-wing media...
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. >> and we've been talking with reyna grande, "the distance between us: a memoir," a simon & schuster title. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> tell us what you think about how programming this weekend. you can tweet is at booktv, comment our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. tv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> joseph wheelan recounts the life of union general philip sheridan whose cavalry corps forced the surrender of robert e. lee at appomattox courthouse. the author recalls general sheridan's military tactics and his postwar career, which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. >> i want to thank quail ridge books for inviting me back, and all you people for coming out to hear about general philip sheridan, who, of the triumphant union generals credited with winning civil war, he's probably the least known of them. the others being the seas as grant and william tecumseh sherman. in 1937, the three generals appeared together on a commemorative postage stamp, as part of a series on ring great u.s. military commanders. in the center is grand, to hi
. >> and we've been talking with reyna grande, "the distance between us: a memoir," a simon & schuster title. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> tell us what you think about how programming this weekend. you can tweet is at booktv, comment our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. tv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> joseph wheelan recounts the life of union general philip sheridan whose cavalry corps forced the surrender of robert e. lee at...
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next year we will have this year's simon lecture leading issue. we include the second day of these lectures and distinguish the speaker, the hon. paul clement, and will appear regularly before the supreme court. he is currently partner in washington although taking him far and why the. he served forty-third solicitor general of the united states from june of 2005 until june of 2008. prior to the conversation of solicitor general he served as acting solicitor general for nearly a year, as deputy solicitor general for three years and seven years of service is the longest period of continuous service, in the nineteenth century. he argued 16 cases before the supreme court including the case with which we began this conference today. mr clement received his bachelor's degree from shore -- storage town university service and master's degree in economics from cambridge university. he graduated from harvard law school as supreme court editor of harvard law review. following graduation, and the u.s. court of appeals. and he went on to serve seat chief coun
next year we will have this year's simon lecture leading issue. we include the second day of these lectures and distinguish the speaker, the hon. paul clement, and will appear regularly before the supreme court. he is currently partner in washington although taking him far and why the. he served forty-third solicitor general of the united states from june of 2005 until june of 2008. prior to the conversation of solicitor general he served as acting solicitor general for nearly a year, as deputy...
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to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m. the democratic and republican leaders were trying to work out their own deal. harry reid, the democratic leader, said to the president, mr. president, could you please leave the room? i have covered presidents for four years. i know of no other time where the president was asked the meeting in his own house that he had called. i asked the president about this. i said how did it feel to be voted off the island in your own house. because that is what happened. he said that he was not going to stand on protocol, that the problem needed to be solved. but in the next day, he called democratic leaders to th
to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m....
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jim mcpherson calls craig simons the civil simons the civil war at sea in his official appraisal, and outstanding study of the union and confederate navies. and and craig simons calls jim mcpherson's "war on the waters" an important story written with an eloquent and. so we have a quandary in these tough economic times. [laughter] a solomonic choice to be made, how to do it. i found the perfect quote with which to really and. the editor of the magazine north and south has just written a joint operations review of your two books. and he says, which one of the books would i choose? suspense, suspense. i wouldn't. no student of the civil war should miss either one. and i second the motion. [applause] >> thank you. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekly feature live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch the public policy defense, and to weaken the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our websites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> here's some of the top selling
jim mcpherson calls craig simons the civil simons the civil war at sea in his official appraisal, and outstanding study of the union and confederate navies. and and craig simons calls jim mcpherson's "war on the waters" an important story written with an eloquent and. so we have a quandary in these tough economic times. [laughter] a solomonic choice to be made, how to do it. i found the perfect quote with which to really and. the editor of the magazine north and south has just written...
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. >> paul simon. again, early on, what is that, november of 1987, and that's in his office, he was watching i think a tape of himself of a commercial for his campaign in the senate office, and that's the look he had with one of his office staff. again, being mess merized -- mess merized by the entire endeavor and this one was amazing. i followed him down to miami beach, because i had -- i wanted the candidates in palm trees, something that was interesting, taking them away from the snows in new hampshire, so i have found out that senator simon was going to be in miami, i arranged for the staff to go down there. this is a contributor's home, very wealthy individual, outside of miami, maybe in coconut grove and i set the meeting for 11:00 a.m., because i wanted to see him and his wife by the peel, palm trees, i hoped they would be. i showed up, it was partly cloudy day but very warm, 11:30 a.m., the house had a beautiful pool in back and the maid let's me in or somebody -- in fact, it wasn't a maid, i t
. >> paul simon. again, early on, what is that, november of 1987, and that's in his office, he was watching i think a tape of himself of a commercial for his campaign in the senate office, and that's the look he had with one of his office staff. again, being mess merized -- mess merized by the entire endeavor and this one was amazing. i followed him down to miami beach, because i had -- i wanted the candidates in palm trees, something that was interesting, taking them away from the snows...
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in chris christie come the inside story of his rise to power, bob engle and michael simon explores the life and career of the new jersey governor. look for these titles and book stores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. >> here is a quick look at some of the upcoming book fairs and festivals around the country. on june 4 -- 05, we will be in new york city. this will feature both tvs coverage of the week june 16 and 17. on june 9 and 10th, book tv will be light from chicago. we will be covering 12 author panels over the weekends weekend. for continually updated information on the festival, visit our website at booktv.org. the mill bookwork festival will be the end of june, in belfast, mainemac, will host the belfast perfectible. this will feature question and answer sessions and maine's local history. for a complete list of book fairs and festivals, visit booktv.org and click on the book fairs tab at the top of the page. also, please let us know about bookers in your area. e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> i wanted to read one of th
in chris christie come the inside story of his rise to power, bob engle and michael simon explores the life and career of the new jersey governor. look for these titles and book stores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. >> here is a quick look at some of the upcoming book fairs and festivals around the country. on june 4 -- 05, we will be in new york city. this will feature both tvs coverage of the week june 16 and 17. on june 9 and...
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pennsylvania's governor simon cameron controls the pennsylvania delegates. eventually he becomes lincoln's first secretary of war. simon cameron is corrupt and another -- said cameron would steal anything but a red-hot stove. when cameron asked for a an apology apologize and said i'm sorry he would also steal the stove. [laughter] so cameron is open to a deal. lincoln sends a message to davis by telegram and those days candidates do not attend the conventions. he is back in springfield and seward is in albany new york. lincoln sends a telegram and the telegram says make no deal that is binding. he does not want to corrupt bargain. davis gets a message and says essentially lincoln is not here. we will do what we need to do and he will baccas at baccas at the end of the day. davis goes to cameron and he andy says swing to lincoln and i guarantee you we will get a major cabinet position. cameron says okay and makes the deal and lincoln capture the nomination. >> host: in effect, this is the election, right? >> guest: at this point the democratic party has split
pennsylvania's governor simon cameron controls the pennsylvania delegates. eventually he becomes lincoln's first secretary of war. simon cameron is corrupt and another -- said cameron would steal anything but a red-hot stove. when cameron asked for a an apology apologize and said i'm sorry he would also steal the stove. [laughter] so cameron is open to a deal. lincoln sends a message to davis by telegram and those days candidates do not attend the conventions. he is back in springfield and...
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simon montefiore on the 3000 year history of jerusalem tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern.
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. >> host: and we have been talking with reyna grande, "the distance between us: a memoir," a simon & schuster title. you are watching booktv on c-span 2. >> joseph wheelan recounts the life of general sure didn't who forced the surrender of robert e. lee at appomattox courthouse. the author recalls general sure didn't postwar career, which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. >> i want to thank quiller ridge books for inviting me back and all of you people for coming out to hear about general bill sheridan, who out of the triumvirate of union generals credited with winning civil war companies probably the least known of them. the others being ulysses s. grant and william tecumseh sherman. 1937, the three generals appear together in a commemorative postage stamp. as part of a series with great u.s. military commanders. and to his right is sherman and sheridan is on grants left. this is appropriate because by the time the civil war ended, sheraton was sometimes referred to as the left hand of grant of the left-handed. he was 10 years younger than grant and sherman.
. >> host: and we have been talking with reyna grande, "the distance between us: a memoir," a simon & schuster title. you are watching booktv on c-span 2. >> joseph wheelan recounts the life of general sure didn't who forced the surrender of robert e. lee at appomattox courthouse. the author recalls general sure didn't postwar career, which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. >> i want to thank quiller ridge books for inviting me back and...
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talking was reyna grande whose memoir is called "the distance between us" a memoir, published by sean -- simon & schuster. reyna grande tell us your life story. >> my life story? you mean the kerosene story? >> when you went to school and they did a sanitation check on you. >> oh, okay. yeah, when i came to -- in fifth grade one day than there showed up and the teacher said she is coming to inspect all the kids for lice. i was so shocked because i couldn't understand that happened in mexico because all of his head lice. we were all poor kids coming to school barefoot and dirty and we all head lice but in l.a. i didn't expect there to be lice and for a second there i thought maybe they cross the border illegally like i had. i got inspected and it turned out that i had lice. i was so afraid to go home and tell that to my dad because i didn't want him to think that i was still that dirty little girl he had left mine in mexico. i thought he was going to beat me as well because that was his favorite way of disciplining us. it turned out that my father was not angry at me and he didn't blame me and
talking was reyna grande whose memoir is called "the distance between us" a memoir, published by sean -- simon & schuster. reyna grande tell us your life story. >> my life story? you mean the kerosene story? >> when you went to school and they did a sanitation check on you. >> oh, okay. yeah, when i came to -- in fifth grade one day than there showed up and the teacher said she is coming to inspect all the kids for lice. i was so shocked because i couldn't...
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[applause] >> simon? >> welcome back. >> im simon johnson. thanks very much for allowing me and organizing another great conference. what could cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. i don't know and nobody knows. i've worked on financial crises for 25 years and i was from 2007 to august of 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund which is just down the street. i attended a lot of interesting meetings with top officials and top sector people who know as much as can be known about the world's economy and financial system and they collectively and individually have no idea what was happening and what was going to happen in the timber of 2008. the second thing i would say is look around the world. the european situation gave a nice summary and much less sanguine about the political risks and the economic risks. i think ultimately italy will have to restructure its sovereign debt at 2 trillion euros outstanding debt and the consequence of that are effectively and noble -- unknow
[applause] >> simon? >> welcome back. >> im simon johnson. thanks very much for allowing me and organizing another great conference. what could cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. i don't know and nobody knows. i've worked on financial crises for 25 years and i was from 2007 to august of 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund which is just down the street. i attended a lot of interesting meetings with...
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eyes, remember simon eyes? [laughter] it was simon iced. and it would be a car on the used car lot that i could have it for the night i remember my baseball game -- some of you know this, claim until is right on the pennsylvania delaware, 19 miles south. we had a baseball game where i went to school and claim a. i was to him again for. took office back and put on my sneakers, flew down the highway to get down to my dad's place to trade cards. to take my girlfriend who's a gene in high school to her junior prom. i walked in, the secretary was therecontrary to what his dad? out on the sidelines. this is what these guys don't get everything is all about college, only about the cake and what he gets to college. it's about more than the kid. i walked out and my dad as i said was a graceful, proud and. he was pacing back and forth and you look at me and said joe, he had a worried look in his face. my word as a biden. and he said chile, i'm so damned sorry. and i thought gosh, some have to my mom or something for real
eyes, remember simon eyes? [laughter] it was simon iced. and it would be a car on the used car lot that i could have it for the night i remember my baseball game -- some of you know this, claim until is right on the pennsylvania delaware, 19 miles south. we had a baseball game where i went to school and claim a. i was to him again for. took office back and put on my sneakers, flew down the highway to get down to my dad's place to trade cards. to take my girlfriend who's a gene in high school to...
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>> actually, that sub tittitle simon and schusters named the title but they deduced it from the book. anita talked about the war production board, the price controls, the rationing and all of this, the spiraling national debt, listen, the national debt doubled in the first year of roosevelt's presidency. then it increased sixfold during world war ii. so that when you have a at the end of world war ii is a national debt of $260 billion and the interest to pay that was about what the whole national debt was when roosevelt became president. in other words, we'd gone from having a national debt of 20 billion to having an interest rate of 20% on a national debt that was almost 300 billion. so what i'm suggesting is that national debt and the growth of that federal spending and the economic bill of rights which was -- roosevelt had hoped would perpetuate that into the future is a big part of the war and the civil liberties -- we haven't done as much with. the japanese americans, of course, most of you know were interned. we had roosevelt using wiretapping extensively. it's essential defense
>> actually, that sub tittitle simon and schusters named the title but they deduced it from the book. anita talked about the war production board, the price controls, the rationing and all of this, the spiraling national debt, listen, the national debt doubled in the first year of roosevelt's presidency. then it increased sixfold during world war ii. so that when you have a at the end of world war ii is a national debt of $260 billion and the interest to pay that was about what the whole...
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simon? >> i think it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs come sustained loss of jobs since the 1930's. it's an incredible shock on the bank or financial crisis. and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. if you are proposing the policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you are trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that going to give the jobs that or is that going to solve the problems for just around the corners of the two big to fail banks for example may blow up again and the damage the economy again. those are going to be the big issues. >> ben, wearing your strategist hat, the economy is recovering, but not, you know, it's not mocking anybody's socks off. so is this a plus for the republicans or is this a request for the democrats? how do you think it's going to play out? >> first wave of the economy is recovering regardless of what impact the election because i have two kids in college. let's say we want to see the economy recover i don't th
simon? >> i think it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs come sustained loss of jobs since the 1930's. it's an incredible shock on the bank or financial crisis. and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. if you are proposing the policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you are trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that going to give the jobs that or is that going to solve the problems for just around the...
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he has been with simon & shuster for a long time and we have a great working report but we have that rapport with all of our authors. >> host: will there be galleys to that? guest code there will not be galleys to that book. >> host: one book that did not have galleys julia prosser it you have been working on, david maraniss, barack obama, the story. what kind of fort. do with mr. marinus on that? >> guest: well, we work together to make sure the book is discussed in the light that really shows how enormous amount of work that went into it. marinus traveled the globe and sat down with over 300 people to get the real story and to find all the characters that really hedged obama's life and it's a generational story. it's a global story and so we want to share all of that. not just wet is excerpted. >> host: booktv did a special with that book as well, but so we worked with you quite a bit on this. what is it like setting up a publicity tour for an author of a book that sites? >> guest: it's funny this one is really change. sometime you think the plants are going to go in one direction
he has been with simon & shuster for a long time and we have a great working report but we have that rapport with all of our authors. >> host: will there be galleys to that? guest code there will not be galleys to that book. >> host: one book that did not have galleys julia prosser it you have been working on, david maraniss, barack obama, the story. what kind of fort. do with mr. marinus on that? >> guest: well, we work together to make sure the book is discussed in the...
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topic, and you will be able to buy copies from our friends at barnes & noble in the hall, and bill simon afterwards. and also take your questions. ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to introduce bill white. >> it is a pleasure to introduce philip white. [applause] i backup my. [applause] thank you to all of you. they give you great applause. speaking of bribery, looking round the audience can i see a few familiar faces. and it is nice to know that in fact, lining the pockets is still a good wait way to get people to turn out for this type of thing. the rest of you are free to leave if the security guards will let you out. this week week i was rereading the college wins in my book, and was amazed by how many people were involved. and seeing all these names, i realized while it is indeed a book about history, about the struggle between tierney liberty, and about one of the defining moments of the 20th century, it is first and foremost a book about people. some of these you may not have heard of until after this talk. living large, it is probably a narrative that you have heard of. wins
topic, and you will be able to buy copies from our friends at barnes & noble in the hall, and bill simon afterwards. and also take your questions. ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to introduce bill white. >> it is a pleasure to introduce philip white. [applause] i backup my. [applause] thank you to all of you. they give you great applause. speaking of bribery, looking round the audience can i see a few familiar faces. and it is nice to know that in fact, lining the pockets is...
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i'll start by passing the microphone to craig simon. >> i think harold will be starting off. >> with all of our rehearsals -- [laughter] i'll start with the cronology and how we present the book. there's a conflict of views here that unites this panel because the "new york times," of course, covered all of the major figures of the civil war era including senator and later vice president andrew johnson. we have to set the stage by saying it's not the same "new york times" that we know and either love or hate today. the "new york times" now relishes the idea they just publish the news and all the news put to print. in the 1850 #s and 60 is printed all the news fit for electing republicans and supporting the union and later emancipation. this discussion requires a giant leap of historical imagination, something akin to the social media revolution that can start a real revolution. newspapers of the mid-19th century were busy fermenting passion and concern over major issues. they were specially on one side of the slavery issue or the other. plo-republican or pro-democratic. people measure
i'll start by passing the microphone to craig simon. >> i think harold will be starting off. >> with all of our rehearsals -- [laughter] i'll start with the cronology and how we present the book. there's a conflict of views here that unites this panel because the "new york times," of course, covered all of the major figures of the civil war era including senator and later vice president andrew johnson. we have to set the stage by saying it's not the same "new york...
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simon kenneth green has been instrumental in getting me here. one final slide. in this book, we talked mostly about barack obama here. rush is one chapter piercy imagine how much information they packed into this the paper talk about organic food, genetically modified food in the future could come environmentalism, solar power, vaccines, european science, gender research, science journalism, false equivalence, wore an excellent and important issues for 2012 and beyond. that said, that's all i have. thank you very much. [applause] >> by the book. it's worth the investment of me. i have a bunch of questions, but i'm going to go to the floor after only asking one of them. could you talk a little bit about how natural gas went from being clean burning natural gas in the environmental movement to the point where we now have a war on natural gas from the mainstream? >> that's a great question. john and sign has a great answer to this. natural gas is to be a turning of the environment must the environmentalist hippies to say this is a lot better than coal and oil. in f
simon kenneth green has been instrumental in getting me here. one final slide. in this book, we talked mostly about barack obama here. rush is one chapter piercy imagine how much information they packed into this the paper talk about organic food, genetically modified food in the future could come environmentalism, solar power, vaccines, european science, gender research, science journalism, false equivalence, wore an excellent and important issues for 2012 and beyond. that said, that's all i...
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simon -- [inaudible] who formulated this theory essentially said -- he didn't put it quite this way -- but he essentially said it was the mark of a civilized nation that incomes had become more equal. but as you can see, we started becoming uncivilized in 1979. here you see that the trend, the income share of the top 1% which has doubled since 1979 is growing faster the higher up the income scale you go. so it's really being driven by the richest of the rich. when i say income share, i mean the the percentage of the nation's collective income that is going to a particular slice of that income, in this case the top 1% or as the occupy wall street crowd have taught us to say, simply the 1%. now, during the recession between 2007 and 2009, you heard some commentary and even afterwards from some people saying, well, why is anybody talking about income inequality? the problem is over. we are seeing a reversal of the trend. the top 1% are losing income share. and, um, the answer was that recessions are always bad for the rich e people because they are -- the richest people because they are
simon -- [inaudible] who formulated this theory essentially said -- he didn't put it quite this way -- but he essentially said it was the mark of a civilized nation that incomes had become more equal. but as you can see, we started becoming uncivilized in 1979. here you see that the trend, the income share of the top 1% which has doubled since 1979 is growing faster the higher up the income scale you go. so it's really being driven by the richest of the rich. when i say income share, i mean the...
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people go around it. >> simon company talked about monetary fiscal policy. their new book deals with that. you want to give this a short observation? was some interest in the united states on fiscal monetary policy? >> first of all, i would encourage everyone to read the work again on this issue. they have so won the papers if you don't have time, there's a great editorial opinion piece in "the wall street journal" in september 2009 called the blog that ate mandatory policy. they talk about how today to fill financial institution undercapitalized taking a risk, having big losses and operating and zombie formic monetary policy much more effective when you go into crisis. so while the mechanisms to work. it's a question of what will happen when undercover, assuming we do will recover. how that affect the ability of policy to control the economy and the ability or the impact of various changes in fiscal policy. on our fiscal cliff issues come i would say more like the distraction from the fiscal chaos will see after the election around these issues. what i woul
people go around it. >> simon company talked about monetary fiscal policy. their new book deals with that. you want to give this a short observation? was some interest in the united states on fiscal monetary policy? >> first of all, i would encourage everyone to read the work again on this issue. they have so won the papers if you don't have time, there's a great editorial opinion piece in "the wall street journal" in september 2009 called the blog that ate mandatory...
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i would give kudos to simon rosen heard to the democratic network that has been researching steadying and telling us about the growing hispanic vote for a long time. i noticed he predicted 335 electoral votes under florida comes in for president obama, i think simon is just about right. i found it a little outlandish a couple days ago, so kudos to simon rosenberg. >> was sent on a bipartisan note. stashes spoke and do recommend it. what is that they're canvassing in virginia on sunday as they do for her son going around this list and my instructions are stressed people whether they thought they would vote in the morning or the afternoon. i knew i was carrying out just what he had recommended. you've heard me talk about women candidates. i'm so excited about the women coming in. tidy heitkamp, not a lot of people in washington know yet is going to be the senator from north dakota. just a fabulous person. i think the unsung moment in emily's list, which exists to support women candidates for the house and senate and a suspect has one of the best records of any organization working in th
i would give kudos to simon rosen heard to the democratic network that has been researching steadying and telling us about the growing hispanic vote for a long time. i noticed he predicted 335 electoral votes under florida comes in for president obama, i think simon is just about right. i found it a little outlandish a couple days ago, so kudos to simon rosenberg. >> was sent on a bipartisan note. stashes spoke and do recommend it. what is that they're canvassing in virginia on sunday as...
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to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m. something in democratic andemoat republican leader were trying to work outth the own deal harry reid, the democratic leader, said to the president, mr. president, could you please leave the room? i have covered presidents for four years. i know of no other time where the president was asked the meeting in his own house that he had called. i asked the president about this. i said how did it feel to be voted off the island in your own house. because that is what happened. he said that he was not going to stand on protocol, that the problem needed to be solved. but in the next day, he called democratic l
to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m....
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remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and he said why are you going to waste your time? [laughter] i said, well, that's what you try to do. and he said, no, no, no, you are one of our authors. i need to know right now, tonight, what your next book is going to be. i said this is, that's preposterous. he said, i need to know. now, he's one of these people who grinds on you, and you're at dipper alone no matter what would come up, he would bring the subject back to, oh, maybe you should do a book on that, what about this? he would just grind away. you may know people like this. [laughter] you may work for somebody like that. [laughter] even bet
remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and...
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simon cameron is a man so legendarily corrupt that another member of the lincoln cabinet stated that cameron would steal anything other than a red hot stove. when he demanded an apology and lincoln forced the man to deliver, he apologized saying, i'm sorry, you would also steal the stove. so cameron is open to a deal. lincoln sends a message to davis on the telegram, and in those days, candidates do not attend conventions. their managers -- >> host: lincoln is home. >> guest: back in springfield, seward in new york. lincoln sent a telegram. it's make no deals that bind me. he doesn't want corrupt bargains. davis gets the message and says, essentially, lincoln's not here. we'll do whatever we need to do, and he'll back it at the end of the day. davis goes to cameron saying swing to lincoln, and i guarantee you you get a major cabinet position. cameron says okay, makes the deal, and lincoln captures the nomination. >> host: and in effect, this is the election; right? >> guest: yes. at this point, the democratic party split between northern democrats and southern democrats, neither has
simon cameron is a man so legendarily corrupt that another member of the lincoln cabinet stated that cameron would steal anything other than a red hot stove. when he demanded an apology and lincoln forced the man to deliver, he apologized saying, i'm sorry, you would also steal the stove. so cameron is open to a deal. lincoln sends a message to davis on the telegram, and in those days, candidates do not attend conventions. their managers -- >> host: lincoln is home. >> guest: back...
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to speak with simon yo, a 8th grader from the lab school of washington. good morning simon. >> good morning. >> your video was about due process in the digital age. can you explain to us what due process is? >> sure. due process is in simple terms the government treating you fairly and giving you the rights you deserve in court and in legal circumstances. >> what effect has the digital age had on due process? >> digital age has had a huge effect on due process because today there is so much technology. we're carrying around phones that give off our location. 25 years ago that didn't exist. and so today we really have to figure out what can the government track, know about you through your information and what can't they. >> in your documentary you referenced the ecpa. can you let us know what does that stand for and how does it relate to today's technology? >> the ecpa, stands for the electronic communications privacy act. that was passed 20 six years ago. now 26 years ago we didn't have nearly as advanced technology as we do today. people couldn't imagin
to speak with simon yo, a 8th grader from the lab school of washington. good morning simon. >> good morning. >> your video was about due process in the digital age. can you explain to us what due process is? >> sure. due process is in simple terms the government treating you fairly and giving you the rights you deserve in court and in legal circumstances. >> what effect has the digital age had on due process? >> digital age has had a huge effect on due process...
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the fresh bottles of dirt simon were cold. in his 32 years, sawyer had been a torch boy. in engine company have run embattled fire for broader quad under david broderick from the city's volunteer fire come any in first fire chief. so your circuits other engine house is an toiled as the steamboat engineer, flying the mexican feature a. twain, who held strong opinions on stever's perked up when sawyer mentioned he had worked as a steam vote engineer. the journalist cautioned any bold boy who...